Trafford MV have been impressed by the attitude and performances from the Irish U20's from the moment we welcomed them to our Club in Sale - Good Luck in this big game Ireland

SEMI-FINAL: IRELAND V ARGENTINA

Los Pumitas coach Nicolas Fernandez Lobbe insists the target is clear for his players at this U20 Championship and that is “to be champions”, so that will require them to repeat their senior counterpart’s victory over Ireland at Rugby World Cup 2015.

“When we starting preparing for this tournament in January we said to the players that we’d be coming for one thing and that was to be champions,” explained Fernandez Lobbe, whose side topped Pool C after also beating France and Japan.

“We knew that it would be difficult but we went in with the attitude of taking it game by game. Now our mind-set is focused on Ireland.

“They have beaten New Zealand, the pre-tournament favourites, Six Nations champions Wales and Georgia so we are expecting a really tough game on Monday.

“They have a good game plan and they stick to it and I know from playing against Ireland lots of times during my career that they are really proud to wear that green shirt so it is going to be a massive game for both teams and hopefully it will be a good game.”

Fernandez Lobbe has made five changes to his starting line-up with Mariano Romanini and Vincente Boronat coming into the back row to join the impressive Marcos Kremer, Patricio Baronio getting the nod again at scrum-half with Santiago Mare partnering captain Juan Cruz Mallia in the centres and Tomas Malanos coming onto the right wing.

Ireland are also riding the crest of a wave, but coach Nigel Carolan had the luxury of resting the bulk of his starting line-up against Georgia last time out with only forwards Sean O’Connor and Greg Jones, along with fly-half Johnny McPhillips and winger Hugo Keenan backing up that 35-7 win.

The squad have also been paid a visit by Taoiseach Enda Kenny (the Irish Prime Minister), who spent time with them the day after they confirmed their place in the semi-finals as Pool A winners with that win over Georgia.

“The players have done really well to get themselves into a World Championship semi-final,” said Carolan. “There’s a great belief amongst this group and they’ve shown what they can do as a team over the course of the last number of games.

“Argentina are going to present another big test for us. They have a lot of physicality up front as well as pace out wide so we are going to need to be at the